October 28, 2020
This month PSD researchers have been featured for their efforts to discover how a small molecule is the key to HIV forming capsules, adapt laboratory research during COVID-19, and design nanotechnology that provides hope for a personalized vaccination for treating cancer.
Voices
- Daniel Holz comments on Andrea Ghez’s Nobel prize and the sciences of black holes
- The New Yorker details how we discovered water on the moon, referencing Prof. Eugene Parker’s role in advancing our understanding of the sun
- The Science Friday documentary series, Breakthrough: Portraits of Women in Science, featured KICP fellow Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil in an episode entitled “Breakthrough: The Galaxy Hunter”
Research
- “Bracelet of Silence” named finalist in 2020 Fast Company Design Awards
- Researchers discover how a small molecule is the key to HIV forming capsules
- The scientists who are hoping for a supernova: If star on Orion’s shoulder goes supernova, Fermilab experiment will collect data bonanza
- NSF announces $3 million award to expand FABRIC cyberinfrastructure globally, offering platform to to reimagine the Internet and speed scientific discovery
- New nanotechnology design provides hope for personalized vaccination for treating cancer
- UChicago scientists teach a neural net to find baby star flares
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- UChicago scientists reveal new clues into how Earth got its oxygen
- For the first time, scientists demonstrate self-repair mechanism in cells
- New assistant professor Sarah Sebo wants to build better robot teammates
Education and Community
- Physics Chair Young Kee Kim’s new appointment in the Provost’s Office
- Professor James Truran has been awarded the 2021 Hans Bethe Prize for distinguished contributions across the breadth of nuclear astrophysics, galactic chemical evolution and cosmochronology
- At the opening conference for the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation on Oct. 6-8, researchers will discuss how they can apply mathematical and statistical ideas to scientific and societal problems like climate change
- From outdoor art to virtual worlds, a look at UChicago’s Autumn Quarter
- Two $5 million gifts to support Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, name directorship for Prof. David N. Schramm
- Prof. Greg Voth awarded 2021 Biophysical Society Innovation Award recognizing his theoretical and computational contributions to complex biological problems
- Guangbin Dong awarded Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award for research into harnessing the power of transition-metal catalysts to address the challenges in the arena of chemoselectivity and multi-step synthesis
- Landscape study by UChicago STEM Ed shows that school and district leaders support the creation of additional elementary math certification credentials
- Nobel Prize-winning physicist Andrea Ghez to deliver Oct. 22 UChicago lecture
- Watch Ghez explain how to prove a black hole exists
- How Ted Fujita reshaped what we know about tornadoes
- IMSI convenes scholars, policymakers to discuss how math, statistics can address COVID crisis
- UChicago report reveals Illinois school leaders support new teaching credential for elementary math
- Three UChicago CS students selected for Rising Stars Program